Beyoncé’s 2025 Grammys Win Divides Fans as Some Suggest She ‘Did Not Deserve’ Trophy

Beyoncé admitted that she was “in shock” in the wake of her major win at the 2025 Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 2.

The “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” singer, who was nominated for 11 trophies at this year’s awards show, was surprised when it was revealed that her 2024 album COWBOY CARTER, her first country album, won in the Best Country Album category. She was nominated alongside Post Malone (F-1 Trillion), Kacey Musgraves (Deeper Well), Chris Stapleton (Higher) and Lainey Wilson (Whirlwind).

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Fellow pop superstar Taylor Swift was the one to introduce the category onstage and list off the five nominees. Once she announced that Beyoncé was this year’s winner, Queen Bey’s whole body jolted as she reacted to her win.

The “Crazy in Love” singer paused a moment before standing up and exchanging hugs with her husband, Jay-Z, and daughter, Blue Ivy. She then made her way to the stage, where she verbalized her surprise at the win.

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“Wow, I really was not expecting this. Wow,” she said. “I want to thank God—oh my god—that I’m able to still do what I love after so many years.”

After thanking “all of the incredible country artists that accepted this album,” she directly addressed her shift into the country music space on COWBOY CARTER, a move that not all country fans have championed.

“I think sometimes genre is a code word to keep us in our place as artists,” she said. “And I just want to encourage people to do what they’re passionate about, and to stay persistent.”

Beyoncé continued her remarks by thanking her “beautiful family” and collaborators before again addressing her surprise. "I still am in shock,” she said. “So thank you so much for this honor.”

Many of the “Single Ladies” singer’s fans applauded her win online, with one cheering, “Yes Bey 😍 😍,” as another wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that they felt “SO HAPPY” by the win.

“BEYONCÉ WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!!!” a third fan gushed.

“History being made on #BlackHistoryMonth is so perfectly fitting,” another person tweeted.

Others expressed frustration at the win as they alluded to Beyoncé’s genre shift for the album.

“This is straight BS,” one X user declared.

“Beyoncé did not deserve country album of the year get real, that record was a--,” another X user tweeted while another alleged that the win “completely diminishes ACTUAL country artists.”

“Beyonce is overrated. 🥱,” another viewer wrote.

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